Here, in neat summary form, are our picks of the week's music news. Was Mika mentioned in the last five days at all? Probably, albeit not here. He's got an album out on Monday, y'know. Head to head with Bloc Party, it is. If Mika trumps Kele and co, well... we'll scratch our scalps right off.

Have a nice weekend. Southampton are playing Derby. That should be fun. Or tragic.

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Band splits! So what? It's a band we love, that's what!
Boo sucks to you, Pretty Girls Make Graves. We loved you and now you're as good as dead to us. Still, at least we've those three awesome albums to remember you by... read and comment

That Marr fella's in them! Modest Mouse reveal album details!
He wasn't always in them, you know, but will they be better with him? For now, we care not: tracklisting ici... read and comment

Good new band alert! Riddle of Steel in UK soon!
They're from St Louis. Blur once wrote a song called 'St Louis Song'. The connection? We've not been able to make it... read and comment

DiS in NME Awards nomination shocker!
We won't win. Or will we? Nah, but it's nice to be appreciated... read and comment

Lee Ranaldo skips the Youth for some youths!
The old geezer from SY with a name a bit like that football man is only on the new Cribs album, that's all. Talking and everything, he is... read and comment

Stereophonic singer human! Pisses in street!
Oh, we've all done it. But most of us are smart enough to not get caught... read and comment

Post-rock band joins other post-rock bands at post-rock love-in!
It's Mogwai for ATP, again. Here we list all the currently confirmed acts for the twin-weekend event, too... read and comment

The Sea & Cake have a new album coming out!
Which is mega! Srsly, we're proper excited... read and comment

Scream if you want to get a Godlike Genius award!
It's more NME Award news, innit. This time with added Bobby G... read and comment

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Are we done? Can we all go home for the weekend? Oh good. Via the boozer, obviously.